Kinmel Bay, Sandy Cove c.1955
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K112088
Photo ref:
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The new housing developments of both pre- and post-war Britain most often came with a small parade of shops to serve the new residents. Here, recently-built chalets shelter residents and visitors to the beaches, and these shops sold all the requisites, from groceries to postcards, to satisfy their needs.
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A Selection of Memories from Kinmel Bay
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Kinmel Bay
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I remember this place during WW2. It was all closed up but we used to find a way in and were sometimes chased off. We called it the "White Cafe". All that was in the 1940s when I was only a young child. I went back in the early 1950s and it had been opened again but when I returned in about 2005 it had been pulled down and was then a car park. That coastline is now much busier than it was. We lived in ...see more
I loved visiting this place. My grandpa gave us change (25p) and I would go in and hunt for a treasure.
It was very run down and I think it had a arcade but I wasn't allowed in there. This is the only photo evidence I have found on the place.
It was knocked down due to it's state. Being built on sand caused subsidence. Shame it wasn't saved but understandable. Key piece of my memories!
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